A pair of Dunsmuir middle school students are being praised for doing the right thing after they found a diamond ring on their way to school last month.

Grade 8 students Taylor Funk and Avery Snook stumbled across the ring on March 16 and immediately brought it to Dunsmuir vice-principal Chris Smyth, to help figure out what should be done with it and whether it was real.

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Smyth said the parents B次元官网网址渓it up like Christmas treesB次元官网网址� when he shared news of what the girls had done.

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As for the ring, which Black Press Media is not describing in detail in order to ensure only the rightful owner is able to identify and claim it, Smyth said it was turned over to West Shore RCMP shortly afterward.

As of Wednesday, the ring had yet to be claimed, said Const. Meghan Groulx. Anyone able to provide police with an accurate description, purchase documentation or even a photo of themselves wearing the ring, would have it returned to them, she said.

B次元官网网址淚magine if the rightful owner had written it off as something they would never get back and now, maybe even years later, the joy that would be brought to that person because of these studentsB次元官网网址� action,B次元官网网址� Smyth said.

B次元官网网址淚 think we have all lost something valuable in our lives before B次元官网网址� the fact that kidsB次元官网网址� first instinct when they find something like that is to come to the school to find someone who can help them return it is quite significant.B次元官网网址�

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